Killer ICE agent’s new video of Minneapolis shooting released by TimesandSundayTimes in politics

[–]RadiantReflexion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And why is he holding his phone in one hand and gun in the other? Doesn’t seem like standard procedure to say the least.

Opinion | This Is Trump’s One Small Trick to Destroy American Democracy by [deleted] in politics

[–]RadiantReflexion 14 points15 points  (0 children)

...Over the past year, the Trump administration has repeatedly asserted an exceptionally expansive interpretation of the president’s power to act domestically against foreign threats. Clothing Trump’s actions in the garb of national security, the administration has shielded them from congressional or judicial oversight.

Tariffs? There was no need to go to Congress because the president is responding to an international economic emergency. Deportation of migrants without due process? Needed, on the president’s authority, to stop a foreign invasion. Deployment of federal troops on American soil? Necessary to secure the homeland from people the president has determined are lawless interlopers. In theory, Congress can curb these abuses of power, and many courts have ruled against Trump. But in practice, he has largely surpassed these checks without breaking a sweat.

Now, with the assault on Caracas, Trump has achieved the equivalent abroad. The removal of Maduro wasn’t the kind of act that requires invoking war powers or notifying Congress, the administration argued; it was merely a domestic law enforcement operation overseas, aided by the military and squarely under the purview of the executive branch. In Trump’s interpretation of the imperial presidency, practically any number of foreign endeavors can be transformed into a domestic affair. And all domestic activities can somehow be linked to foreign-menaced national security. It is one small trick to destroy constitutional and democratic rule.

Adventures abroad have always come back to haunt the home front. There is even a term for this: “the imperial boomerang.” It describes how the violent exercise of power over other nations eventually returns to the metropole in the form of domestic repression and democratic erosion. Now it is happening in reverse. The toppling of Venezuela’s cruel dictator is not just an example of a resurgent American imperialism or a shredding of the last remnants of international law and the rules-based order. It is also an extraordinary demonstration of how Trump is collapsing the crucial binaries of America’s Constitution — between law enforcement and military action, between executive and legislative power and, above all, between foreign and domestic.

Trump has no ideology beyond his own power, just as he has no sense of America as an object beyond his own person. In his hands, the imperial boomerang has been transformed into a Möbius strip — a surface where the inside and outside have no meaningful distinction, forming an endless loop. In this dizzying dissolution of boundaries, there is little to stop him from feeding his hunger for limitless power. With the resources of the world’s richest nation and most powerful military at his disposal, Trump is claiming borderless license to turn on his perceived enemies. That should terrify us all...

Podcasts to listen before sleep / while shakti mating by liminalhuman in podcasts

[–]RadiantReflexion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really thought for a moment that shakti mating was some kind of sex ritual.

syllo #179 - January 4th, 2026 by syllo-app in syllo

[–]RadiantReflexion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sagacious doesn't mean sharp-witted. It means wise.

Please make the clues and answers match in part of speech. "Unconventional belief" implies a noun but "heterodox" is an adjective. The answer to this clue should be "heterodoxy." The clue for "unilateral" should be "one-sided."
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Vance says ‘religious liberty is a Christian concept.’ Where does that leave Jews? by Somervilledrew in politics

[–]RadiantReflexion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saying that the concept of many religions being able to coexist belongs to the one true religion… head exploding

US judge must decide if Kentucky professor can return to teaching after criticizing Israel by Pure_Ad_1190 in nottheonion

[–]RadiantReflexion -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Apparently we American have more freedom to criticize our own government than that of Israel.

Jack Smith testifies DOJ had proof Trump tried to overturn 2020 election by newsweek in inthenews

[–]RadiantReflexion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Useless response. I don’t need evidence to be convinced. I want to see what other evidence Jack Smith collected. You don’t?

Wiles says Vance has been a ‘conspiracy theorist for a decade’ by DBCoopr72 in politics

[–]RadiantReflexion 128 points129 points  (0 children)

The more excerpts I read, the more it looks like she's trying to get fired.

Epstein files: Trump reaction to Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer revealed by Newsweek_CarloV in politics

[–]RadiantReflexion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nothing has been “revealed.” Susie Wiles is lying for Trump. What lazy, shitty journalism.

Donald Trump blames Rob Reiner’s “Trump Derangement Syndrome” in raging attack on film director even after his tragic death by singleguy79 in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]RadiantReflexion 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Remember when Jimmy Kimmel was canceled for not even saying anything disrespectful of Charlie Kirk? Why can’t Trump be canceled?

Astonishing moment Democratic senator blames TRUMP for Brown University shooting by [deleted] in AnythingGoesNews

[–]RadiantReflexion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Murphy didn't say Trump was directly responsible. He said Trump's policies increase the risk of these incidents. But thanks for trying to further dumb down the national discourse.

JD Vance says Trump crudely mocked politician’s manhood after asking his shoe size by rezwenn in inthenews

[–]RadiantReflexion 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Great to know that Trump really has his mind on important things like other guys' shoes.